Category - Live Games

In association with London Games Festival, for one night, across seven rooms and 8 bewitching hours, the fantastical freakery that is Rumpus revels and roisters.
Be afraid, be very very afraid, for SeaSylph Games returns with an...

Some of you may have heard me talk about a game I was making about testicles that was happening at the British Museum. This game being Raiders of the Lost Archive: Quest for the Family Jewels. I am proud to say that it has been...

This is a talk that I gave at Game Happens in June of 2017. It was a fantastic time and I am so glad that this video is now up! I highly recommend going to Game Happens, it is a lovely conference and they are doing wonderful...

This year’s London Games Festival was an extremely exciting (and exhausting!) time for me with multiple games with Fire Hazard, a Rumpus extravaganza, and my first talk at VideoBrains. I know many people were unable to make...

Rumpus: Glow! is days away so I am madly working to complete my prep for the games and shenanigans. It is also just two days from the start of the London Games Festival which I am very excited to attend. I had a fantastic time...

Back in the summer of 2015, when I was just starting out on my live gaming journey, I made a live-action version of Dungeon Quest. The game board was projected onto a theatre stage which was created and changed throughout the...

SeaSylph Games is a gaming company that plays with the boundaries between interactive theatre and games. Created by Elizabeth Simoens, who holds an MFA in Creative Practice, each SeaSlyph Games experience is crafted to fit the...

As some of you know, I recently got engaged to my partner of two years. As some of you also know, we met sword fighting and got to know each other through playing Mortal Kombat and larping. Just before he proposed, I spent a few...

The players are my favorite part of live games. They are the reason that I work in live games instead of a different part of the industry. I really enjoy watching them take something I have created and make something entirely...

SeaSylph Games and Rumpus will ride again in a retro space-age, hypnotic neon game/party that is set to hit on April 7th! Are you ready to take on adventures and puzzles whilst dancing the night away? Will you find an operatic...

Elizabeth Simoens

Elizabeth studied at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and now holds a Masters Certificate in Creative Practice. With a background in choreography and a passion for solving mysteries and battling orcs, she draws on a cornucopia of inspirations to create games and performances for SeaSylph Games. She is an experienced and creative speaker, and has delivered talks on topics such as the logistics of live video games for the Guardian at GameCity 2016.

When not designing custom games and giving talks for SeaSylph games, Elizabeth can be found at Fire Hazard Games in London, where she is a Games Master and designer, or dancing to 50s hits and wearing incredible hats.